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> We should freaking put it in the legal description of a corporation that they also have social responsibility.

Until that happens - people should blame the company, it's the system you have beef with.

> Otherwise if you follow your definition to its logical conclusion you end up with the East India Company starving 25% of Bengalis to death because that "maximized shareholder profits"

Isn't this essentially what we have now? With US companies employing lots of people in Bangladesh & Philippines for like $2 for 10 hours of labor - living and working in unimaginably poor conditions by Western standards?




> Until that happens - people should blame the company, it's the system you have beef with.

Companies bribe, sorry, lobby politicians for that to not happen.

> Isn't this essentially what we have now? With US companies employing lots of people in Bangladesh & Philippines for like $2 for 10 hours of labor - living and working in unimaginably poor conditions by Western standards?

I honestly don't even know what to say for your comparison. Chill out, think about it some more, ask a friend if you have to, then realize why your comment is both incorrect and also bordering on grotesque.




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